Yesterday I test fitted the rear seats just to see what it will take to make them work. It turned out bittersweet as I was on my way back from my buddy's shop and blew out the trans in the Malibu. It looks like the barely stronger than stock TH350 didn't like the 383 as much as I do. Soooo guess what got moved up on my list of things to do.
What Did You Do To Your G-Body Today? [2022]
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I forgot how therapeutic cruising around in my G-Bodys can be. The first round, I picked up my son and we just cruised around town. Playing his favorite songs and taking it easy (I've been stranded with him before....trying to avoid it at all cost). Ater I dropped him off, I had a bit more spirited driving and it was awesome.
I did realize that after tackling new tailpipes, springs, shocks, etc... my body mounts are shot. That's why the body is smacking against the frame in the back. I'll have that addressed over the winter. I did, again, get a new ps belt, but I can tell now that the power steering pump needs to be replaced. That's something I should have done when I bought the car. I can see the "finish line" though and just being able to drive it without being scare it would leave me on the side of the road was a great feeling.
I did realize that after tackling new tailpipes, springs, shocks, etc... my body mounts are shot. That's why the body is smacking against the frame in the back. I'll have that addressed over the winter. I did, again, get a new ps belt, but I can tell now that the power steering pump needs to be replaced. That's something I should have done when I bought the car. I can see the "finish line" though and just being able to drive it without being scare it would leave me on the side of the road was a great feeling.
It’s a two door coupe again, installed the driver’s door this afternoon. The driver side is pretty close (need to install the weather seal for final adjustment) and the passenger needs to be fussed with as it’s just bolted to the car. It was raining and I didn’t want to move it into another stall for access, next time. Looking forward to getting them set for keeps and moving onto the nose!
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Well, good news/bad news as always. After a bit of playing around since they shipped it with the oldest firmware they had, we did some digging and after accidentally installing the regular EFI firmware we got the right Sniper EFI updated and it fired. Did the same fire and then die, but after the second one my buddy throttled it for a while to warm up some and it ran for a decent bit until it got to temp and realized the fans weren't working. Since he was short on time he had to go and I let it be for the night. After Cars N Coffee I came to the realization that while he was tracing the display wire he likely disconnected the fan power which he did, I plugged it back in and it worked right.
Now to the bad, he heard some ticking on the driver side so when he gets back from working on his Talon back home he is gonna bring his timing light and feeler gauges to see what we can find. Told him that it would be my luck that we finally get it fixed and the motor had enough of this rough life. So can't wait to find out how this all goes....
Now to the bad, he heard some ticking on the driver side so when he gets back from working on his Talon back home he is gonna bring his timing light and feeler gauges to see what we can find. Told him that it would be my luck that we finally get it fixed and the motor had enough of this rough life. So can't wait to find out how this all goes....
Stumbled onto a ‘sort of’ LY6 6.0 for free. 6000 miles and had an oil pump pressure relief spring failure. The fix was a set of bearings, an oil pump and a set of rods and mains.
Actually trying to make it look better than my usual junkyard stuff. Picked a white box Holley copy oil pan that Streetbu put me onto. The oil pickup is minorly goofy - it has only mine support and was a little loose(wiggles) when installed. So I fixed that 😉
Has a SS2 and a set of mildly used PAC 1218’s. I deleted the VVT and put in a 3 bolt cam gear for 58-4 timing setup.
I wanted to use the virtually new 821 heads, but they’re square port and I have no intakes for them. So I’m digging through the 317’s that I have ‘in stock’ to find a set. I have two sets of 706/862’s that are ready to go, but they’d put the compression over 11:1 and this is a pump gas only deal. So 9.6:1 will be where it’s at.
Actually trying to make it look better than my usual junkyard stuff. Picked a white box Holley copy oil pan that Streetbu put me onto. The oil pickup is minorly goofy - it has only mine support and was a little loose(wiggles) when installed. So I fixed that 😉
Has a SS2 and a set of mildly used PAC 1218’s. I deleted the VVT and put in a 3 bolt cam gear for 58-4 timing setup.
I wanted to use the virtually new 821 heads, but they’re square port and I have no intakes for them. So I’m digging through the 317’s that I have ‘in stock’ to find a set. I have two sets of 706/862’s that are ready to go, but they’d put the compression over 11:1 and this is a pump gas only deal. So 9.6:1 will be where it’s at.
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Damn man - there is nothing better than ‘80 Cutlass (I’m biased, I know). That car looks great and it’s not done yet!!! Look forward to seeing it finished.
Damn man - there is nothing better than ‘80 Cutlass (I’m biased, I know). That car looks great and it’s not done yet!!! Look forward to seeing it finished.
Just find a truck square port intake, they are like $75 at the local salvage yards.
If you don't put that engine in place of the 5.3 I'm going to reach through the computer and slap ya!! Haha
The 5.3 is................getting money thrown at it. Against my better judgement I'm putting a piston/rod deal in it, more valve springs and good studs.
The 6.0 has another home. Regarding the intake, we have a single plane multiport Victor all set up, but it's cathedral port of course. Trust me, I'm saving the square port intake becaue sometime in the not to distant future the JY will be filled with square port heads.
The 5.3 will run around the 6.0......uh.......I think haha. It's 100 lbs lighter too and it's nothing that more boost can't resolve. I'll probably be upgrading the cam in the 5.3 before summer, but I really want to see if the Elgin will get it done with unported stock heads. I need a converter before I need a cam.
And the 6.0 will be a pump gas only deal, maybe C16 at the track, but track visits will be a rare occasion I think. And I'll say this, 2618 aluminum pistons are not street friendly - yes they will work, but not for 30K miles. The best I've done is 16K before the cylinders are wiped out and they rattle cold..........blowby sucks on a street car.
Thank you, it’s come a long way since we started working on it last May. My friend is painting it, I’m just the assistant. Still optimistic that it will be on the road at some point next spring / summer which will be pretty amazing since it’s last state inspection sticker was dated 1992.
And I agree with you about the ‘80 Cutlass, I liked my car since the day my dad rolled into the driveway with it way back when. 👍
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